loose vs lose

[chri'stina 190]

I notice some of those things too, especially the Your, You're, Their, There, and They're. I am still trying to figure out affect vs effect, no matter how many times I look up the difference I forget so what can ya do. It doesn't bother me too much on internet forums, though I try to write correctly. But I saw myself write "there" instead of "their" the other day because I was tired. I didn't bother fixing it with the edit b/c I felt I needed to let it go. But I was mad at myself for using the wrong one.

What does really bother me is when flyers, brochures, newsletters, etc have typos through out. And using words like accept for except and vice versa, don't people use proof readers? That drives me crazy. I used to have to write a small paragraph in a school newsletter when I worked at a small school. I'd hand write it, and the typer(a highschooler lol) would get it and would type things wrong or miss entire words and it always annoyed me so much, because I am the one who looked stupid not the typer.

[Sister Fracas 5]

I hate photo's in peoples signatures but they are there so I have to deal..

Kez

[Lou Lou 1]

I think there was actually a thread about this before

For me, the apostrophes used to denote plurals grates the hell outta me.

An apostrophe should be used when making a plural of an abbreviation and that is hardly ever done. But it don't bother me.

I hate photo's in peoples signatures but they are there so I have to deal

You trying to wind Lisa up, Kez?

(I hate photos too but turn them off)

[Ban Hammer 13,776]

loose women are easy to lose

[Amby 490]

you can be the typo captain maybe people using the word like this don't have english as their first language?

Edited October 23, 2007 by Amber&Neil

[Alhamdulillah 0]

I just had to post somewhere on VJ that loOse is not the same as lOse.

You cannot loose money....

No, but you can have loose money! (change)

Advice/advise

EX: "I need some advise"

arggghhhhhh

This one bothers the mess outta me as well. My outlook even gets it wrong and suggests I use it incorrectly in my emails at work

[jundp 191]

(I hate photos too but turn them off)

We can turn photos off?!

Going to check that out now b/c yeah, some of the photos people have really annoy me.

I think this Visa process is turning me into a grumpus.

[Alex+R 0]

For the record, I completely agree with Bora Bora, Lisa, et al. Every single mistake irritates me, unless it's made by someone who doesn't speak English natively. But you know what? Those mistakes are most commonly made by native speakers. I rarely see a non-native speaker make them.

[Ladylethal 12]

People will always make mistakes in their own language, although some of them are just too much. I know people speaking bad Portuguese irks me and drives me crazy sometimes.

[eric&gen 0]

All well no one is perfect i loose my money to bills then the other day i lose my azz lol.

Edited October 23, 2007 by evdogg412

[SoL. 0]

This one I see quite often:

This doesn't make since to me!! Isn't it sense the right word? (BTW English is my second language so I could be wrong )

Edited October 23, 2007 by SoL.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

You can't turn off just the photo.... you have to turn off the entire signature.... now some people have good links and usful info in their signature that I want to be able to see... so its not quite as easy as just turn them off..

As for the native speakers making mistakes, please remember that some people do have major issues with the written word... If you are dislexic then to you it may look right when in fact it is mis-spelt.. or the wrong instance.

Kez

[Nessa 23]

people that confuse loose with lose makes me loose my mind

[Marilyn. 340]

I think I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to typing.... I constantly spell that like this "taht"...

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I have had this for a long time and it just goes to show how adaptable our brains are.......

Subject: Can you read this?

I'm one of the 55. Are You? Only 55% of people can read this...

Don't even think about using spell check!!!!!!!!

Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs?

Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a

wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be

in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a

pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!

Kez

Edited October 23, 2007 by Niagaenola